00:00And efforts to remove debris and recover human bodies are advancing in Venezuela following the twin earthquakes that destroyed the
00:06South American nation.
00:07Our colleague Michelle Ramirez is reporting from La Guayra State with the details.
00:13This is how La Guayra State looks more than a month after the twin earthquakes.
00:18Efforts to remove debris have not stopped, especially in the hardest hit areas, such as Carabaleda and Tanaguarenas.
00:28Once we detect something, we use all the necessary techniques to reach and remove those people as intact as possible,
00:35which is the desired outcome.
00:44In this case, the building is divided into two parts, Tower B and Tower C, as well as an adjoining
00:50building.
00:54We have three teams working, one on the back with machinery, one on the side with machinery.
01:03We have support from Public Works, the military and the police.
01:12A total of 190 officials are working hard here, along with 200 to 250 community members.
01:23The recovery of human bodies is being carried out to the collaborative efforts of volunteers and community members.
01:34What motivates me is seeing someone go home happy and content every time I pull a body out.
01:43They're grieving, but they're not traumatized by the question, what happened to my relative?
01:48Will we find them?
01:50That's what motivates me most to help people.
01:53We do this work in unity.
01:55Right now, the police and the military are helping a lot down here.
02:03Amid the pain and rubble, the nobility of Venezuelans flourishes.
02:06Even after losing loved ones, they continue to serve the people in the midst of tragedy.
02:15That's when the chaos began, the screams and people trying to get out.
02:20On one side, I helped pull people out.
02:22On the other side, I climbed up the building looking for my children.
02:26I called out to them.
02:31As the days went by, my desperation grew until I pulled the lifeless body of my eldest son out.
02:37I kept looking for the other two until I found them, too.
02:40They were also lifeless.
02:41I enjoy working for the community.
02:43Despite my grief, which I will never overcome, I enjoy helping others.
02:48I know that most of the community is suffering, some a little, some a lot.
02:56I ask God and my children, wherever they may be, to give me the strength I need to keep moving
03:01forward.
03:01But I ask God to strengthen me, and my children, wherever they may be, to keep moving forward.
03:08More than 30,000 personnel have been deployed to the affected areas to carry out these tasks
03:13in coordination with over 31,000 volunteers who have joined the humanitarian emergency response effort.
03:19With Gustavo Flores on camera, Michelle Ramirez, from La Guayra, Venezuela, for TELES UR.
03:24Thank you, Michelle Ramirez.
03:24Thank you, Michelle Ramirez.
03:24Thank you, Michelle Ramirez.
03:24Thank you, Michelle Ramirez.
03:24Pleaseêtre têm a question for yourself even though everything is very important.
03:24Thank you, Michelle Ramirez.
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